ATTACHED

attached, committed

(adjective) associated in an exclusive sexual relationship

attached

(adjective) used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; “a block of attached houses”

attached

(adjective) fond and affectionate; “she was very attached to her father”

affiliated, attached, connected

(adjective) being joined in close association; “affiliated clubs”; “all art schools whether independent or attached to universities”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

attached

simple past tense and past participle of attach

Adjective

attached (comparative more attached, superlative most attached)

Connected; joined.

Fond of (used with to).

In a romantic or sexual relationship.

(botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.

Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.

Coordinate terms

• (sharing two walls): detached, semiattached

Anagrams

• deattach

Source: Wiktionary


ATTACH

At*tach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached; p. pr. & vb. n. Attaching.] Etym: [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see Tack.]

1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. Paley. A huge stone to which the cable was attached. Macaulay.

2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.

3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. Incapable of attaching a sensible man. Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. Cowper.

4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. Top this treasure a curse is attached. Bayard Taylor.

5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] Shak.

6. To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4. The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. Miss Yonge. Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.

Syn.

– To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.

At*tach", v. i.

1. To adhere; to be attached. The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted. Brougham.

2. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach. Cooley.

At*tach", n.

Definition: An attachment. [Obs.] Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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